Matt Mullenweg was interviewed on the How to Be a CEO podcast where he talked about Tumblr. This is a good summary of the podcast and provides insight into how it is doing and the thinking behind how it is being managed.

There are signs that there may be an economic downturn due to inflation, the economy in China, and other factors. Jim Galiano is a very pragmatic business consultant and in his newsletter he discusses some of the things you can do in this business climate.

A bug fix release for 6.3 is being prepared. 6.3.1 RC1 is available for testing.

The Roadmap to 6.4 has been published and man is it full of features. There are plans for core font library functionality, new blocks, image lightbox, building out theme.json for spacing presets, a box shadow component, a new Twenty Twenty four theme, enhancements to the Query Loop Block, the Footnote Block, rollback option for theme and plugin automatic updates, foundational work on Phase 3, and more.

Stackable has just released a new Timeline Block. It completes the roadmap they have been following.

What’s next? They are asking users what they would like to see added for the next phase of development. I’ve suggested they create their own theme and have deeper integration in the Site Editor. What’s on your wish list?

The latest update on the Divi rewrite. It looks like the developer API has been completed and they are working towards a public alpha release.

Beaver Builder 2.8 beta includes some long requested features, including Flexbox, CSS Grid, and Global Styles. Here is a first look at the new layout options.

The Kadence Theme is the 7th most popular theme and Kadence Blocks is the 3rd most popular block collection. Recently there has been some grumbling by Kadence users. Here is my take on it. Your opinions may be different.

This is another cool use of the WordPress playground and provides a quick way to test themes and plugins. They intend to extend it with with further options.